Friday, October 16, 2015

I'm putting my blog on hiatus for a little while. There are events occurring in my personal life that demand my full attention. I'd like to thank everyone that reads, comments on, and supports my work. Hopefully I'll be back soon.

The Questions:Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away? Yes. (+5)Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio? Below. (+5) (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away? Yes. (+5)Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts? Yes. (+5)Score: +20 (A+). Run, don't walk, to get this set. It's a seasonal set, and at that PpP it's a steal.

Friday, October 9, 2015

I've had this set sitting around in my "To Do" pile for about two years.

Bag. MSRP is $4.99 from Toys'R'Us, which gives us a $0.06 Price per Piece.

Instructions.

Parts. That's a lot of Yellow. I see some Clip Plates, Bar Plates, Slopes, Headlight Bricks, plenty of 1x1 Bricks, some small Radar Dishes, Jumper Plates, Tiles, regular Plates, a Round 8x8 Tile, a couple of Cones, and some Round Plant Bricks w/Leaves. That's a pretty wide cross-section of parts.

Build. A small Frame (2Rd+d8/ 2B/2W) with some terrain.

The Questions:

Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away? Yes. (+5)Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio? Below. (+5)(The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away? Yes. (+5)Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts? Yes. (+5)Score: +20 (A+). A TRU exclusive gets the top score. Now I really have seen it all.

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

This was available at Target earlier this year and as a Lego "free" giveaway last year.

Bag. MSRP is $3.99 for a $0.13 Price per Piece.

Instructions.

Minifig. Standard Chima minifig.

Parts. there's not a lot here. It's bad when the greatest quantity of parts is the three different varieties of Technic Pins.

Build. I managed to build a clunky Frame out of the parts available.

The Questions:Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away? Yes. (+5)Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio? Above. (-10) (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away? Yes. (+5)Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts? No. (-5)Score: -5 (B-). Like most Chima sets it falls down on the price.

Events of Turn 1 (DDC@11): I capture the Minigun Station CmdrRook placed beside my frame. I capture Comrade Gorbash's Tall Station. I also hit one of his Melee frames for five damage. He hits my Yellow Strider for four damage in return. CmdrRook destroys my Blue Strider, seizes his Staion back and captures one of mine. I destroy the Melee frame of Comrade Gorbash that I damaged earlier. CmdrRook destroys my Yellow Strider, then captures the Tall Station I had seized from Comrade Gorbash.

Events of Turn 5 (DDC@1): I capture Comrade Gorbash's Flat Station after he does the Station Dance to keep one of his Frames alive. CmdrRook destroys my Green Strider then recaptures the Drone Launcher Station it was holding. After that he destroys one of Comrade Gorbash's Melee frames. In retaliation Comrade Gorbash destroys CmdrRook's Scrambler. The Doomsday Clock is then ticked down to 0.